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@AyakaMods SKG is going to have companies crank this to 11. It can get oh so much worse.

This is actually ridiculous. The new 007 game forces you to enable online connection and requires an internet connection to play. 007 is a single-player offline game and there is no co-op and multiplayer. So without reason for force people to need an always-online requirement to play game. This level of trash DRM in a single-player only is dumbest.

@Pirat_Nation Nosey girlfriends rn: 😭

Apple is reportedly developing a new anti-snatching security feature for iPhones that could automatically lock the device if it detects it has been stolen directly from a user’s hand. The feature targets one of the biggest smartphone theft risks: phones stolen while unlocked. In those moments, criminals can access banking apps, passwords, private messages, and account settings before the owner reacts. According to reports, the system may use motion sensors, location awareness, trusted device connections, and behavioral patterns to identify suspicious grab-and-run activity. If the iPhone detects potential theft in an unfamiliar environment, it could instantly lock the device and restrict access to sensitive data. The new protection would build on Apple’s existing tools such as Activation Lock, Find My iPhone, and Stolen Device Protection. The feature has not been officially announced, but references in development code suggest Apple is exploring the technology. If released, it could become one of the most important iPhone security upgrades against street theft and for user privacy.

@JeffStrand Well wouldn’t that mean you’re just writing…correctly? Or like predictably?

Not one word of my new book was written with AI. I ran the 1st chapter through 3 different AI detectors. The 1st said there was a 92% chance it was written with AI. The 2nd said there was a 64% chance. The 3rd said it was 0% AI. Takeaway: AI detectors are worthless, and fuck AI.

@Kenabu27 @SmashJT You are sorely mistaken. They’ll push everything to a subscription. That way the only way you have access is to keep paying.

@SmashJT When stop killing games succeeds, this will be a thing of the past.

PSA to all Game developers: do not do this.

@darkfang1989 @Pirat_Nation Who pays for the server?

@Pirat_Nation you literally just add dedi-servers and single player. you may want online service so you can play with randoms; but THEY want online service so they can pull the rug out from under you, at any time they choose.

The “Stop Killing Games” movement gained traction because gamers are tired of paying full price for games that companies can later shut down, lock away, or render unplayable. Many feel companies sell games as if you own them, but in reality you are just renting access until they decide otherwise. European politician Markéta Gregorová said at the parliament: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing.” She was not saying piracy is good. Her point was simple: if companies can take away games people already paid for, then calling it “buying” feels dishonest. People are not asking companies to support games forever; they just want what they paid for to keep working instead of disappearing because a publisher flipped a switch.

@Pirat_Nation It’s not possible in the way gamers want it to be. And they are going to find out the hard way. They’ll lock everything behind subscriptions. They’ll charge premiums for timeless versions. They’ll push everything to always online. Bans will become studio wide linked to IDs.

@DylanMcD8 This has the capacity to push me right back to Android.

…why is there a limit

@MugenLord Been shouting about these 🥷 for years!

One thing I’ve started realizing as a Black creator…There's a specific group that doesn’t actually want Black creators to be creative. They want Black creators to create the version of Blackness THEY personally approve of. The moment your art style, characters, inspirations, or storytelling steps outside that box… suddenly you’re “not Black enough.” Full Video: youtube.com/watch?v=30ZdPT…

@OrevaZSN Hhhhhh sweet summer child. They are making more mistakes because the companies owning them are trying to save money.

I came across a theory that AI is starting to make more mistakes because the internet is increasingly polluted with AI slop. The idea of AI cannibalising itself into obscurity is one of my favourite things ever. I hope it is true and I hope it becomes impossible to fix.

@Kekius_Sage 🤏 Small problem. It doesn’t matter what he thinks. He doesn’t sell hardware and if I’m not mistaken Facebook hasn’t innovated since 2013 so there’s that. His argument is less than moot. Phones are utilities now. There’s nothing novel about them. Convince alone is a selling point

“They (Apple) haven’t really invented anything great in a while,” Mark Zuckerberg said. “Steve Jobs invented the iPhone, and now they’ve basically just been sitting on it for 20 years. Year after year, I’m not even sure they’re selling more iPhones anymore. Part of the reason is that each new generation doesn’t improve much, so people upgrade more slowly.” Zuckerberg also criticized Apple for building products like AirPods while “severely restricting” how third-party devices can connect to the iPhone ecosystem. According to him, Apple is “squeezing” developers through the App Store’s 30% fee and what he called “arbitrary” rules, instead of focusing on real innovation. He predicted that Apple would eventually be overtaken by competitors due to a lack of creativity.

@Vivek4real_ Mmmm no! They will be smarter just not as knowledgeable. And you ask won’t sound the money needed for real super intelligence.

SAM ALTMAN: “A KID BORN TODAY WILL NEVER BE SMARTER THAN AI, EVER…” “WE WILL LOOK BACK AND THINK HOW BAD PEOPLE IN THE 2000s HAD IT.” 👀

@Jackkk And actually the woman should be using it. Women age horrendously compared to men from sun exposure. He’s not wrong. Thin skinned.

Bryan Johnson reveals why he uses an umbrella even when it’s not raining and UV levels are low “90% of physical skin aging is from the sun, so this is a UV umbrella protecting me”

@mgosketches No you’re gate keepers. But it’s because AI eats away at your bottom line. You don’t have the moral or ethical or philosophical high ground. You don’t sell anything currently or before that AI couldn’t replicate. You’re complaining because of money not because you’re an artist

"Artists hate AI because they are gatekeepers" DUDE all of us learned on free resources and are more than happy to share tutorials. AI doesn't make you creative, it's an illusion sold by billionaires trying to monopolize art and culture while skyrocketing energy and RAM prices.

@Pirat_Nation Uninstalled…simply for the notion.

Reddit is testing a new feature that may prevent some users from accessing Reddit on mobile web browsers unless they download the app. Affected users report seeing a full-screen message asking them to open or install the app before continuing to browse. Reddit says the test affects only a small number of frequent mobile users and claims the app provides a better and more personalized experience. Reddit is getting backlash due to making the mobile website harder to use to drive app downloads, boosting advertising and user tracking.

@Pirat_Nation This is going to back fire so hard. 😂

The video game industry is lobbying against Stop Killing Games California is considering a new law called AB 1921, also known as the Protect Our Games Act. If passed, the bill would apply to paid digital games sold after January 1, 2027. It requires that if a company shuts down the online services needed to play the game normally, it must give players 60 days' notice and either release a patch so the game can still be played or offer buyers a full refund. The bill does not require companies to keep servers running forever. It simply prevents them from making a game unplayable without warning or a solution for those who already paid for it. The Entertainment Software Association, the main group representing video game companies in the United States, is lobbying against the bill. Their arguments are basically the usual ones: >games are licensed, not owned >online services are complicated >third-party licenses expire >security risks exist >this could be hard or expensive to enforce Supporters of the bill, including the Stop Killing Games campaign, say this is basic customer protection because when you buy a game, it should not suddenly stop working with no remedy. The bill gives companies clear options and applies only to future games. A hearing is scheduled for this Thursday in the California Assembly Appropriations Committee. If you are part of an organization in the United States, especially in California, you can submit a letter of support to the committee. This is an important step for better rights for players who buy digital games.

@ethanculver24 @CNviolations If scam baiters channel gets hit I might become actually racist.😭🤣

What is wrong with YouTube?

@AnimeVersus_X I am thinking in authentic didn’t mean AI it means copy cat.

YouTube DEMONETIZED a meditation creator for “inauthentic content” and TOOK $3000 💀 But here’s the part that makes ZERO sense, She literally showed: • her editing process • her workflow • her face • how she customizes/layers every audio And YouTube STILL rejected the appeal 🤡 Meanwhile ACTUAL copy paste spam channels are chilling monetized somehow The issue is YouTube’s system now sees: AI voice + similar format = “suspicious” Even if EVERY upload is manually edited and takes HOURS to make 😭 Meditation/subliminal content is NATURALLY gonna have similar vibes across videos That’s LITERALLY the niche bro 💀 What’s next? Demonetizing rain sounds because every drop sounds similar?? @TeamYouTube at some point REAL humans NEED to review these cases instead of blindly trusting Ai Does YouTube not CARE about small creators anymore? Yes or No?? ↓

@VallerieMomo But you people act like the damn sky is falling.

This perfectly encapsulates the issue I have with people defending generative AI. They fail to realize that “artist” includes everything listed here. Drawing is not the only art form

@luvblessingz I agree!

If they cut Social Security, I want every single penny they have taken from my paychecks since the very first day I ever started working.

@hostis_black So mail the files to all members in office

On May 7th, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that New York's Fiscal Year 2027 budget will become the first law in the United States to mandate surveillance software inside every 3D printer sold within the state. It will make it a Class E felony to possess or share a 3D-printable file capable of producing a firearm component. Every printer sold in New York must ship with print-blocking algorithms that scan each job in real time and refuse to execute anything the algorithm flags. The sales pitch is "ghost guns." The mechanism is a permission gate inside a machine you paid for. Pilot tests of the proposed algorithm by an open-firmware team triggered the block on 17% of non-weapon prints. Brackets that resemble triggers. Cylinders that resemble barrels. A model train coupling. A bottle opener. The algorithm cannot tell. It will refuse the print and log the attempt to whatever server the manufacturer is required to maintain. The same arithmetic the printing-press licensors used in 1660. The same arithmetic the Stationers' Company used to brand a printer's son for distributing tracts the Crown had not approved. The same arithmetic the early DRM crowd used to make a DVD ripper a federal criminal in 1998. A tool you bought, in a room you own, with electricity you paid for, becomes a deputy of the state at the moment of purchase and remains one for the lifetime of the device. Anything that takes a digital design file and outputs a physical object is now within the reach of a state that has declared it owns the question of which physical objects you are permitted to bring into existence inside your own house. The fence has spent forty years moving inward. Around the song first. Around the page. Around the cipher. Around the camera roll. Now, finally, around the workbench. The state has run out of digital territory to enclose and has started enclosing the atoms. The maker who prints a bracket for a broken washing machine tonight commits the same act, technically, that the law is written to stop. The algorithm will not know the difference. It is not designed to know the difference. It is designed to fail closed, to refuse first and let the human appeal upward through whatever bureaucratic channel the manufacturer designs, if any, on whatever timeline the manufacturer chooses, with whatever paper trail attaches to the request. Permission to print, denied. Submit a ticket. Wait. Unfortunately for New York, and fortunately for us, the firmware on every consumer 3D printer is open or near-open. All of them forkable, all of them flashable, all of them already installed on millions of machines outside the reach of any future New York compliance certificate. The CAD files at issue are mathematical descriptions of geometry that will be mirrored on a thousand drives in a thousand jurisdictions before the ink on the bill is dry. The state cannot bind geometry. It can only bind the people who agree to be bound. Forty years from now nobody will remember the ghost gun argument. They will remember the year a state government decided that the physical output of a private machine was the state's business at the point of manufacture.